Essays Tagged: "Theoretical physics"

STEPHEN J. HAWKING

at Oxford, from which he received hisBA in 1962, and Cambridge, where he received his doctorate in theoreticalphysics. Stephen Hawking is a brilliant and highly productive researcher, and,since 1979, ...

(6 pages) 123 1 4.6 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

Creationism

ity, the Theory of Relativity, and show you lengthy mathematical equations dealing with Quantum and Theoretical Physics. In the end, you would likely have a headache of immense size, but come away wit ...

(9 pages) 142 0 3.3 Jan/1996

Subjects: Science Essays

Leonhard Euler

His 866 books and articles represent about one third of the entire body of research on mathematics, theoretical physics, and engineering mechanics published between 1726 and 1800. In pure mathematics, ...

(2 pages) 86 1 4.6 Jan/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Mathematics

Albert E

at the patent office in Bern from 1902 to 1909 and while there he completed anastonishing range of theoretical physics publications, written in his spare time without the benefit ofclose contact with ...

(3 pages) 45 0 3.8 Apr/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Hendrik Antoon Lorentz.

thesis on the theory of light reflection and refraction. By the time he was 24 he was Professor of Theoretical Physics at Leyden. He remained there... (600 of 1688 Characters)Time Line1870: Obtained ...

(8 pages) 34 0 5.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

Does Science yet have a full understanding of the universe ?

e a full understanding of the universe. However, it is suggested that with increased technology and theoretical advance, it may be only decades before this is achieved. Do you agree this is possible? ... the universe would probably entail the creation of a TOE (Theory of Everything). The TOE is to the theoretical physicist as the holy grail was to King Arthur; it is the most desirable peak of achieve ...

(5 pages) 50 0 5.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Biography of Albert Einstein

10 to become a full professor at the German University in Prague. In 1912, he accepted the chair of theoretical physics at the Federal Institute of Technology of Zurich.By 1913, Einstein had won inter ... 14 and resumed his German citizenship. He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics, for his work in theoretical physics, especially on the photoelectric effect. His property was confiscated in 1934 by ...

(2 pages) 22 0 3.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Science Essays

The best ideas always from the passionate interests in commonplace things.

People who neglect the common things sometimes miss the chance to succeed. Take the development of physics in 20 century for example. People considered the physical theory was perfect at first. Howev ... t. However, it was several so-called ordinary suspended questions lead the stormy revolution of the physics and boost the genesis of the quantum mechanics.So the person who can put his ardor into the ...

(2 pages) 24 0 5.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

The Contribution of Stephen Hawking

ople believe that God created it, and others try to explain the formation of it through science and theoretical physics. Stephen Hawking, a famous scientist who overcame his disability and tried to fi ...

(4 pages) 32 0 3.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Julian Babour Reflection

From Here to Eternity by Tim Folger clearly explains the ideas brought into physics by the theoretical physicist Julian Barbour. His ideas relate to those expressed in Chapter 34 very well. B ...

(1 pages) 955 0 0.0 Jan/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, Erwin Schrodinger And Quantum Physics

Prize for physics. Erwin Schrodinger was born in 1887 in Vienna. He served as a professor of theoretical physics in several German and Swill universities. He also was associated with the Dublin ... two books that detail his concerns. He died in 1961. Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac was a British theoretical physicist who was born in Bristol, England in 1904. He attended Bristol and Cambridge un ...

(2 pages) 13 0 3.0 Feb/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

How to Build a Time Machine - Book Report

the answer. This book is called How to Build a Time Machine, written by Paul Davies, a professor of theoretical Physics.Quantum mechanics and relativity are the two laws of physics that govern time tr ...

(2 pages) 23 0 4.5 Dec/2007

Subjects: Science Essays > Space

Enrico Fermi

ny colleges throughout Italy. To emphasize how great he was in physics, he was elected Professor of Theoretical Physics in the University of Rome, one of the best colleges in Italy at the time. Shortl ... ment that involved governing particles in the "Exclusion Principle." Fermi was involved in studying theoretical investigations and electrodynamics problems in occurring phenomena. This meant that he s ...

(4 pages) 17 0 0.0 Mar/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies